The survey done by IIT-Delhi, DIMTS and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) as a part of an audit conducted for the apex court panel covered 32 cities in eight states — Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Kerala, Haryana and Punjab.

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Friday said the government has planned a new road alignment for the Delhi-Mumbai expressway that connects some of the most backward areas in five states and also saves Rs 16,000 crore in land acquisition.

For the first time, the utility firm has proposed a new category for ‘electric vehicle’ (EV) charging instead of clubbing it under a different category. “The rate for EV charging stations has been kept lower than the charges for industrial and commercial category.

The government is exploring the hyperloop technology to drastically cut the travel time between the two key cities, located around 200km away from each other. It has approached a US-based firm, Virgin HyperloopOne, for the modern train project.

State transport bus workers at various depots across Maharashtra have gone on strike from Friday morning to demand increase in their wages. Due to the strike, the MSRTC bus Services are affected across the state, sources said, and this includes both AC and non-AC bus service connecting Mumbai to other cities such as Pune and Nashik.

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis flagged off the first lot of 20 electric cars in Mumbai on Thursday. EESL will also set up about 250 charging points across various locations to be identified by the state.